Emacitation

Emaciation is extreme weight loss and unnatural thinness due to a loss of subcutaneous fats. A person can become emaciated from malnutrition or an eating disorder. Environmental factors can be a catalyst to emarication such as living in an area with a lot of poverty and economic decline. Medical conditions can make it difficult to take in nutrients. Developing countries with poor food production services make it difficult for people to access the right nutritional value in food. Mental health conditions such as anorexia and bulimia can cause someone to be emaciated.

If someone is emaciated their skin is usually very sore looking and pale. Hair loss and discolored eyes can be a possible symptom too as well as exposed ribs and bones. The sores and scabs on the skin can be infected if not treated. Missing teeth can occur too.

Everyone should have a reasonable body fat percentage. Males should have a percentage of 10-18%. Women should have a percentage of 18-25%. Women tend to have more because of their fat distribution.

A makeup artist should know about emaciation for biopic looks,medical looks or historical looks such as movies on the holocaust and concentration camps. A band of brothers is a great example.
Makeup for band for brothers. Contouring the skin to make features look more hollow and sallow. Adding bald caps or prosthetic pieces with chunks if hair missing would be a nice touch to replicate hair loss.

Another great movie to reference emaciation is Dallas buyers club as its about people who suffer from HIV and AIDS. Jared Leto played a character called rayon and she has AIDs. The actor is a method actor so he lost a lot of weight to portray the role. Makeup was also used to increase the more emaciated look such as sickly looking skin and barely any eyebrows.




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